Andrei Nedelea
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Personal motto:
"If one does not fail at times, then one has not challenged himself" - Ferdinand Porsche
He is a strong believer in the recent developments in green car tech and especially its entertaining applications. However, for him, green is more than just a brash color sprayed onto a supercar, it's a different way of thinking and perceiving modern car culture.
Toyota’s All-Electric RAV4 Beats All Its Rivals on Range
3 Aug 2012, 09:46 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While you may be thinking that putting an electric motor into what is a moderately-sized SUV is not a particularly efficient way to move around, as the taller and more blunt body shape will create substantially more drag than a regular sedan or hat...
Ford Starts Production of the Only FWD Hybrid Transmission Made in US
3 Aug 2012, 09:19 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Ford have just announced the commencement of production of the only front-wheel drive hybrid transmission, currently made in the US. It will be used in a variety of cars, like Ford’s C-Max Hybrid and Energi Plug-In Hybrid, Fusion Hybrid and E...
Euro NCAP Praises Mazda CX-5 for Standard-Fit Safety Systems
3 Aug 2012, 08:58 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Mazda CX-5 is a resounding success for the Japanese manufacturer. Aside from all the praise it has received for its well-proportioned looks, great dynamics and efficient engines, it has also been praised for its safety. Having already received ...
Fiat 500 Beats Depreciation Well in the UK
3 Aug 2012, 08:29 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While French and Italian cars are not renowned for their excellent residuals, Fiat comes to contradict us with the 500, which, in the UK, has been named among the top 10 depreciation-resistant cars. This conclusion has been reached after analyzing ...
150 MPH Mercedes-Benz E300 Diesel-Hybrid Gets UK Pricing
3 Aug 2012, 08:12 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Mercedes-Benz E300 BlueTec hybrid has just gotten its official UK pricing information. First off, the question on everybody’s mind - what is the price? Well, it starts off at £39,645 in saloon form, while the estate is, as expected,...
Lexus Explains ‘Unleash the LFA’ - Not What We Were Expecting!
3 Aug 2012, 07:51 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We showed you a teaser video from Lexus, called ‘Unleash the LFA’. When we first saw it, we must admit, we thought it was going to be some track-focused ultra-light version of the already fast LFA. Sadly, however, it is not the case. ...
Double White Lines Are Irrelevant in Russia
3 Aug 2012, 07:21 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Double white lines should never be crossed, and not because the law says so (though, that would be a good enough reason for most people), but because it is a major safety concern. In this video from Russia, nobody seems to be giving any importance ...
Russian Girls Exaggerate Severity of Accident by Screaming
3 Aug 2012, 07:03 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We bring you today another failed overtaking maneuver from Russia. Thankfully, though, it was not particularly severe, and we are sure everybody made it out without so much as a scratch. So there’s this driver, who is driving his Lada along a...
Kawasaki Reveals 2013 Ninja 250R
2 Aug 2012, 16:03 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Kawasaki have just revealed their new Ninja 250R, an all-new parallel-twin bike. Aside from its striking restyled body, the bike also gets a substantially reworked engine. The engine improvements include new cylinders, crank case and pistons, as we...
Ariel Atom Gets 700 Hp Courtesy of DDMWorks
2 Aug 2012, 15:21 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Ariel Atom is a car one can simply not hate, as it represents the epitome of the light-weight sports car, taken to the extreme. It is also a nod in favour of efficiency, as since it is so light, its engines don’t have to work at all hard ...
After Electricity, Rolls-Royce Customers Reject Diesel As Well
2 Aug 2012, 14:25 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / It seems that Rolls-Royce will not be adopting a diesel engine under the bonnet of any of their cars, any time soon. Apparently, according to autocar.co.uk, who have inside information, RR customers were asked whether or not they would like a diese...
Kia to Launch New ‘Hamster-Centric’ Ad Campaign for the Soul
2 Aug 2012, 13:49 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Kia will soon be launching its wave of hamster-infused ads, to promote the Kia Soul, a car which is apparently far more popular around the world than we first thought. The first ad campaign with hamsters was launched at the same time as the Soul, b...
Styling Icons of the 1990s - Peugeot 406 Coupe
2 Aug 2012, 12:50 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Everybody these days is obsessed with making their car look similar, but slightly different to what the competition has. This has been going on for many years, but it has been really accentuated during the 1970s when cars became square. While th...
Feast Your Ears on V12 Caramel - Ferrari Enzo in Monaco
2 Aug 2012, 12:19 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Cars, even ones designed specifically to be sporty and give you a sensation of power, control and exhilaration, are being toned down and sanitized more and more these days. Exhausts are quieter, engines are smoother, gearboxes now shift seamles...
Camel Spotted On... Russian Highway
2 Aug 2012, 11:54 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / This one has really baffled us. While we understand the Dubai camel, posted a few days ago, we certainly don’t understand where this one came from (or this one, for that matter). It was spotted on one of Moscow’s many ring roads, an...
Excellent U-Turn - Russian Style
2 Aug 2012, 11:28 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / So, you’re driving down a street, not very fast, and then you realize you haven’t unplugged the iron, back home! What do you do? Do you simply make a sudden U-turn right in front of another driver, seriously damaging both your and the o...
Hydrogen-Powered London Cabs Taken 208 Km to Refuel
2 Aug 2012, 10:43 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Yes, you read the title right - a 208 km (130 mile) round trip on the back of a diesel-burning truck, in order for the hydrogen-fueled London taxis to be refueled. Is it just us or is that completely wrong and redundant? It seems that the closing o...
US to Have 4.1 Million Charging Stations by 2017
2 Aug 2012, 10:18 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / As the number of EVs on the road steadily grows, the network of charging stations needs to keep up. In the US, there are currently 10,000 public charging stations, as well as numerous others which can be found in homes and office parking lots, thro...
Tennessee University Shows Off Add-On Plug-In Hybrid Kit
2 Aug 2012, 09:44 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We’ve always said that instead of engineering and building new cars, we could convert our existing ones to run on electricity or whatever is greener and more freely available. It is a great idea, as you don’t have to get used to a new c...
Volt Considerably Outsells Leaf in July
2 Aug 2012, 09:13 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / It seems that the Chevrolet Volt range-extened EV has gotten a considerable sales lead over the all-electric Nissan Leaf, despite the Japanese car arriving on the market first. After a less than convincing record in recent months, the Leaf continue...